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Boom Supersonic

also referred to as: boom

6 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 11, 2025 by Shaan Puri · said 15 times in 5 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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brought up most by Shaan Puri (9), Sam Parr (6)

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2025 14 mentions in 4 episodes 4 per episode
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Everything said about Boom Supersonic, oldest first

Feb 11, 2025 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Boom Supersonic poached Gulfstream's former chief engineer as an early hire
“And he hires up something like six to 10 people, one of which he poaches the former chief engineer of Gulfstream.”
Shaan Puri Feb 11, 2025 ▶ 17:01 The insane story of Blake Scholl: the high school dropout who’s building supersonic jets
Feb 11, 2025 bearish
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Sam Parr would have passed on investing in Boom Supersonic's early funding
“Yeah I had the opportunity to invest in this company years ago, and I didn't have any money then, but also, I, even if I did, I would have passed on this, because it's a ridiculous proposition.”
Sam Parr Feb 11, 2025 ▶ 0:25 The insane story of Blake Scholl: the high school dropout who’s building supersonic jets
Feb 11, 2025 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Boom Supersonic recently took a down round at a $2B valuation
“I think he had to take a huge down round, and he tweeted out about it, I believe, and I think his most recent valuation was two billion dollars.”
Sam Parr Feb 11, 2025 ▶ 27:44 The insane story of Blake Scholl: the high school dropout who’s building supersonic jets
Feb 11, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Virgin committed to buying 10 Boom planes the night before YC Demo
“In that extra 24 hours, he ends up getting an email from Virgin the night before Demo Day that says, you're allowed to announce, we'll take the first 10 planes, we've got options on them, and through Virgin Galactic, we'll even help you build it.”
Shaan Puri Feb 11, 2025 ▶ 22:31 The insane story of Blake Scholl: the high school dropout who’s building supersonic jets
Feb 11, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Boom Supersonic holds the record with $5B in YC Demo Day LOIs
“Still to this day, nobody's walked into YC Demo Day with five billion dollars worth of letters, letter of intent.”
Shaan Puri Feb 11, 2025 ▶ 3:16 The insane story of Blake Scholl: the high school dropout who’s building supersonic jets
Mar 12, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Puri: Justin Caldbeck was an early investor in Snapchat, Grubhub, and Stitch Fix
“He was an investor early on in like Grubhub, Snapchat, Stitch Fix, like Boom, like just like a bunch of companies that have done really well.”
Shaan Puri Mar 12, 2025 ▶ 1:53 5 Conversations that broke our frames this week
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